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‘In Search of a Dream’: multicultural performance piece straddles dreams and reality
Artists from seven Asian countries come together for a literal multicultural performance that brought imageries from the wildest dreams.
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Posture: Dancer Didik Nini Thowok (left) performs in a play titled 'In Search of a Dream' (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
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rtists from seven Asian countries recently came together for a literally multicultural performance that brought together imagery from their wildest dreams.
After visiting Yogyakarta and Denpasar, Danny Yung’s eclectic experimental theater In Search of a Dream finally made its way to Jakarta for a one-night performance at Salihara art community center on Nov. 22.
The play involved artists from seven Asian countries: Chaohsin (Taiwan), Makoto Matsushima (Japan), Nget Rady (Cambodia), Soultari Amin Farid (Singapore), Jason Kong(Hong Kong), Sabrina Sng (Singapore), Nattapon Wannaun (Thailand) and Indonesia’s own Didi Nini Thowok.
In Search of a Dream is part of Yung’s The Interrupted Dream Series, which premiered in Hong Kong in 2018. Like the previous part in the series, Journey to a Dream, In Search of a Dream is built upon the Ming Dynasty-era tragic romance-comedy play The Peony Pavilion.
In the original play, the script follows main character Du Liniang and her romantic adventures in the dream world. In Search of a Dream follows that influence by having a man laid out on the floor, apparently unconscious and dreaming amid a background noise of marching people.
Another man comes out to put a white sheet over the body, as if covering a corpse.
